PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN ARRIVED IN THE UAE ON AN OFFICIAL VISIT On March 14, 2018, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov paid an official visit to the United Arab Emirates. In the afternoon, the presidential airliner landed at the International Airport of the capital of the UAE - the city of Abu Dhabi, decorated with the national flags of Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates. In honor of the tall Turkmen guest along the carpet path leading from the plane's ramp, an Hon...

THE OFFICIAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT GURBANGULY BERDIMUHAMEDOV TO KUWAIT IS COMPLETED Within the second day of the official visit to the State of Kuwait, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov visited the Arabian Horse Race Center of the Emir of the State of Kuwait and the Museum of Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyyah. In the morning, the motorcade of the President of Turkmenistan from the residence reserved for the visit went to the Arabian Horse Race Center of the Emir of the State of Kuwait. At the main...

PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN ARRIVED IN KUWAIT ON AN OFFICIAL VISIT On March 13, 2018, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov arrived in Kuwait on an official visit. At the International Airport decorated with the national flags of Turkmenistan and Kuwait, the high guest was received by the Minister Al-Diwan of the Emir of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Adviser of the Emir of the State of Kuwait Khalid Youssef Al-Fuladji and other officials of this country, as we...

CAREC’s Energy Sector Coordinating Committee meeting started its work On March 13, 2018 the Energy Sector Coordinating Committee of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program (the Asian Development Bank) has started its meeting in Ashgabat. The representatives of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Japan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the People’s Republic of China, Mongolia, the Islamic Republic of Pakista...

Briefing on UN Security Council resolution, aimed at consolidation of efforts of the member-states of the United Nations in matters of international support for Afghanistan On March 13, 2018, a briefing on the resolution of the United Nations Security Council aimed at further consolidating the efforts of the UN member states in international support for Afghanistan, adopted on March 8, 2018 was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The briefing was organized by the Minis...

THE CONFERENCE "TURKMENISTAN IS THE HEART OF THE GREAT SILK ROAD" WAS HELD IN OXFORD UNIVERSITY On March 9, 2018, in conjunction with the Oxford Society of the Silk Road, a conference and an official reception was held in the premises of Lady Margaret Hall College of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the role of Turkmenistan in the history and restoration of the Great Silk Road, as well as to the importance of the transport sector in the country's foreign policy strategy. The event wa...

A MEETING OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION WITH THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN FOR CONSULAR, BORDER AND CUSTOMS ISSUES BEGAN IN ASHGABAT On March 12, 2018, the thirteenth session of the joint Turkmen-Iranian intergovernmental commission for consular, border and customs issues began its work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan under the chairmanship of the deputy foreign ministers of the two countries. Leaders and representatives of the relevant ministries and law enforcement a...